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I've been mixing bought m³ bags of local ready chopped stuff, mostly pine, with my own self chopped, mostly ash (under brown tarpaulin). A bag is £65. Well seasoned, burns nicely, useful to have stuff ready to go.
I knew they also did pine unchopped but seasoned, 1t of 3m lengths for £50. Load arrived about a month ago. Wow, good deal. That load is now in three places! Under green tarpaulin and in the open part sawn. In logstore chopped. That chopped bit alone is about equivalent to a m³.
Had a bit of free time at the weekend so I thought I would break out the chainsaw mill and begin slabbing up a trunk I've had on the wood pile for a few months.
results turned out quite good, I need to find a better way to secure my ladder for the first cut but other than that the mill and saw worked well.
results turned out quite good, I need to find a better way to secure my ladder for the first cut but other than that the mill and saw worked well.
MK1RS Bruce said:
Had a bit of free time at the weekend so I thought I would break out the chainsaw mill and begin slabbing up a trunk I've had on the wood pile for a few months.
results turned out quite good, I need to find a better way to secure my ladder for the first cut but other than that the mill and saw worked well.
Nice work there, always very satisfying milling stuff isn't it. I have found that a good few ratchet straps are the best way to secure the ladder for the first cut. results turned out quite good, I need to find a better way to secure my ladder for the first cut but other than that the mill and saw worked well.
robinh73 said:
Nice work there, always very satisfying milling stuff isn't it. I have found that a good few ratchet straps are the best way to secure the ladder for the first cut.
Yeah I have a friend in Newfoundland who despairs at some of the trees I cut for firewood so I thought I would try and make something a little more useful from this one. I ran out of daylight to slab the rest of it but hopefully get more done this week. Do you move the straps as you progress along the cut?
MK1RS Bruce said:
Yeah I have a friend in Newfoundland who despairs at some of the trees I cut for firewood so I thought I would try and make something a little more useful from this one. I ran out of daylight to slab the rest of it but hopefully get more done this week.
Do you move the straps as you progress along the cut?
What are you going to make/use the slabs for?Do you move the straps as you progress along the cut?
jet_noise said:
MK1RS Bruce said:
Yeah I have a friend in Newfoundland who despairs at some of the trees I cut for firewood so I thought I would try and make something a little more useful from this one. I ran out of daylight to slab the rest of it but hopefully get more done this week.
Do you move the straps as you progress along the cut?
What are you going to make/use the slabs for?Do you move the straps as you progress along the cut?
jet_noise said:
What are you going to make/use the slabs for?
I have a Stone Bench Seat in my dining room at the moment so I was going to use part of one of them to make a wooden seat top and I have a deep window sill again in the dining room that I want to cover but that at most only going to use one slab so I am open to suggestions on what to do with the others.I thought I might try to sell some of the surplus ones. Ideally I would like to make one of those resin table tops but that might be a bit beyond my available time and skill.
MK1RS Bruce said:
robinh73 said:
Nice work there, always very satisfying milling stuff isn't it. I have found that a good few ratchet straps are the best way to secure the ladder for the first cut.
Yeah I have a friend in Newfoundland who despairs at some of the trees I cut for firewood so I thought I would try and make something a little more useful from this one. I ran out of daylight to slab the rest of it but hopefully get more done this week. Do you move the straps as you progress along the cut?
dickymint said:
jet_noise said:
MK1RS Bruce said:
Yeah I have a friend in Newfoundland who despairs at some of the trees I cut for firewood so I thought I would try and make something a little more useful from this one. I ran out of daylight to slab the rest of it but hopefully get more done this week.
Do you move the straps as you progress along the cut?
What are you going to make/use the slabs for?Do you move the straps as you progress along the cut?
Giant garden Jenga?
MK1RS Bruce said:
jet_noise said:
What are you going to make/use the slabs for?
I have a Stone Bench Seat in my dining room at the moment so I was going to use part of one of them to make a wooden seat top and I have a deep window sill again in the dining room that I want to cover but that at most only going to use one slab so I am open to suggestions on what to do with the others.I thought I might try to sell some of the surplus ones. Ideally I would like to make one of those resin table tops but that might be a bit beyond my available time and skill.
6 steres delivered yesterday for the winter, and just dumped into the road.
We're going to have to think about that next time we order some. My wife got told off by someone from the mairie.
Three hours later it was still not all stacked but at least it was all on our land.
Lucky we had that empty shed with a floor of pallets. Looks like I am going to need to build a bigger wood store.
We're going to have to think about that next time we order some. My wife got told off by someone from the mairie.
Three hours later it was still not all stacked but at least it was all on our land.
Lucky we had that empty shed with a floor of pallets. Looks like I am going to need to build a bigger wood store.
Going to build a lot store soon, there seems to be different options for roof
1) wood
2) roof felt
3) tiled
Are there any advantages/disadvantages of one over the others?
Ive found some felt from marketplace but unsure if it's self adhesive but I have to roof nails left from another job which I am thinking of using but not sure it that's the correct way?
1) wood
2) roof felt
3) tiled
Are there any advantages/disadvantages of one over the others?
Ive found some felt from marketplace but unsure if it's self adhesive but I have to roof nails left from another job which I am thinking of using but not sure it that's the correct way?
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